Bridging the divide: HIV prevention research and Black men who have sex with men.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Research on child labor and its effect on health has been limited. We sought to determine the impact of child labor on children's health by correlating existing health indicators with the prevalence of child labor in selected developing countries. METHODS:We analyzed the relationship between child labor (de...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roggero P,Mangiaterra V,Bustreo F,Rosati F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To examine changes in age of initiation of e-cigarette, cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco use among adolescents in the United States.Methods. We used data from 5 cohorts of the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014-2018; n = 26 662).Results. In 2014, 8.8% of lifetime e-cigarette users initiated use at ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Evans-Polce R,Veliz P,Boyd CJ,McCabe VV,McCabe SE

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health officials often wish to sponsor nutrition and other health promotion programs but are hampered by lack of funding. One source of funding is suggested by the fact that 18 states and 1 major city levy special taxes on soft drinks, candy, chewing gum, or snack foods. The tax rates may be too small to affect sales,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jacobson MF,Brownell KD

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed attitudes and opinions of members of newborn blood screening (NBS) advisory committees regarding the storage and secondary research use of residual specimens from NBS. METHODS:We conducted focus groups in 2008 and 2009 with NBS advisory committees (4 focus groups; n = 39 participants) in the Mou...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rothwell EW,Anderson RA,Burbank MJ,Goldenberg AJ,Lewis MH,Stark LA,Wong B,Botkin JR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Oregon, adult foster care (AFC) homes, which are private residences where a live-in manager cares for one to five disabled residents, have been covered by Medicaid since 1981 and seem to offer a mainstream alternative to nursing homes. They house almost 6000 older people, two thirds of which pay privately...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kane RA,Kane RL,Illston LH,Nyman JA,Finch MD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1983, an estimated 865 cases of epidemic gastrointestinal disease occurred in Greenville, Florida. Surveillance of pharmacy sales of antidiarrheal medicines suggested that the outbreak was confined to Greenville and its immediate vicinity. Surveys demonstrated that the gastrointestinal illness attack rates insi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sacks JJ,Lieb S,Baldy LM,Berta S,Patton CM,White MC,Bigler WJ,Witte JJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the importance of community health workers (CHWs) in strategies to reduce health disparities and the call to enhance their roles in research, little information exists on how to prepare CHWs involved in community-academic initiatives (CAIs). Therefore, the New York University Prevention Research Cent...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ruiz Y,Matos S,Kapadia S,Islam N,Cusack A,Kwong S,Trinh-Shevrin C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 2009 and January 2010, we conducted a nationally representative telephone survey of US adults (n = 1001; completion rate = 52.9%) to explore perceptions of risks associated with peak petroleum. We asked respondents to assess the likelihood that oil prices would triple over the next 5 years and then to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nisbet MC,Maibach E,Leiserowitz A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although researchers acknowledge that health disparities have multiple determinants, most recommendations for reducing inequities focus on a single approach. We suggest integrating 2 approaches for reducing disparities: improving access to primary care and updating and more vigorously enforcing consumer and environmen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Freudenberg N,Olden K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined low-birthweight (LBW) rates among participants in Colorado's Prenatal Plus program by prenatal risk factors (smoking, inadequate weight gain during pregnancy, and psychosocial problems) and the effect of successful resolution of these risks during pregnancy. METHODS:Data for 3569 Medicaid-eligib...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ricketts SA,Murray EK,Schwalberg R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the associations of local public health system organization and local health department resources with county-level sexually transmitted disease (STD) incidence rates in large US health jurisdictions. METHODS:We linked annual county STD incidence data (2005-2008) to local health department direc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rodriguez HP,Chen J,Owusu-Edusei K,Suh A,Bekemeier B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among men who have sex with men. METHODS:At the baseline visit of an HIV study among men who have sex with men, we asked about HBV vaccination status and tested for HBV markers. RESULTS:Of 625 subjects, 48% h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Remis RS,Dufour A,Alary M,Vincelette J,Otis J,Mâsse B,Turmel B,LeClerc R,Parent R,Lavoie R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the annual cost of bike and pedestrian trails in Lincoln, Neb, using construction and maintenance costs provided by the Department of Parks and Recreation of Nebraska. We obtained the number of users of 5 trails from a 1998 census report. The annual construction cost of each trail was calculated by using ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wang G,Macera CA,Scudder-Soucie B,Schmid T,Pratt M,Buchner D,Heath G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using Jackson Heart Study data, we examined whether perceived discrimination was associated with prevalent hypertension in African Americans. METHODS:Everyday discrimination, lifetime discrimination, burden of discrimination, and stress from discrimination were examined among 4939 participants aged 35 to 84...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sims M,Diez-Roux AV,Dudley A,Gebreab S,Wyatt SB,Bruce MA,James SA,Robinson JC,Williams DR,Taylor HA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption and prices of tobacco products in Canada and the United States are compared over the period 1981 to 1989. In Canada, consumption has fallen from a higher level and at a faster rate than in the United States (3.52 kg/adult to 2.48 kg/adult vs 3.21 kg/adult to 2.48 kg/adult). With respect to cost, the real t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kaiserman MJ,Rogers B

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firearm violence remains an important problem, and a large body of evidence shows that guns used in crime follow generally predictable paths from manufacturer to criminal end user. Policy initiatives based on that evidence have been shown to be effective. A recently published study conducted by a leading policy organi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Braga AA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To examine exposure to psychological attempts to change a person's gender identity from transgender to cisgender (PACGI) among transgender people in the United States, lifetime and between the years 2010 and 2015, by US state.Methods. We obtained data from the 2015 US Transgender Survey, a cross-sectional ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Turban JL,King D,Reisner SL,Keuroghlian AS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to ascertain the types of ethical challenges public health practitioners face in practice and to identify approaches used to resolve such challenges. METHODS:We conducted 45 semistructured interviews with public health practitioners across a range of occupations (e.g., health officers, medical dir...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baum NM,Gollust SE,Goold SD,Jacobson PD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With attention to the field of public health ethics growing, significant time has been devoted to identifying a sound ethical justification for paternalistic interventions that override individual autonomy to prevent people from adopting unhealthy behaviors. Efforts focused on specifying the conditions that warrant pa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Buchanan DR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To determine the impact of city-level cannabis decriminalization and medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on fatal traffic crashes in US cities.Methods. Using a census of fatal traffic crashes from the 2010 to 2017 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, we examined MMLs and cannabis decriminalization on fatal crashe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cook AC,Leung G,Smith RA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate birth reduction potentially in response to Zika virus-associated microcephaly among the 36 largest Brazilian cities. METHODS:We analyzed the number of live births per month on the basis of information on approximately 8.2 million births from all of Brazil's state capitals and cities that had mor...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Diaz-Quijano FA,Pelissari DM,Chiavegatto Filho ADP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:California's Proposition 36 offers nonviolent drug offenders community-based treatment as an alternative to incarceration or probation without treatment. We examined how treatment capacity changed to accommodate Proposition 36 clients and whether displacement of other clients was an unintended consequence. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hser YI,Teruya C,Brown AH,Huang D,Evans E,Anglin MD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the effect of a weight gain prevention intervention (Shape Program) on depression among socioeconomically disadvantaged overweight and obese Black women. METHODS:Between 2009 and 2012, we conducted a randomized trial comparing a 12-month electronic health-based weight gain prevention interventi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Steinberg DM,Askew S,Lanpher MG,Foley PB,Levine EL,Bennett GG

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared social network characteristics of African American men who have sex with men only (MSMO) with social network characteristics of African American men who have sex with men and women (MSMW). METHODS:Study participants were 234 African American men who have sex with men who completed a baseline soc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Latkin C,Yang C,Tobin K,Penniman T,Patterson J,Spikes P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the psychological effects of paid employment and nonemployment, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, in 541 middle-aged women. METHODS:Women were seen for an extensive baseline evaluation and were reevaluated in an identical manner 3 years later. They were divided into four "synthet...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bromberger JT,Matthews KA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined differences in quality of care among nursing homes in locales of varying degrees of rurality. METHODS:We classified locales into 4 classes according to rurality. We analyzed a 10% sample of nursing home admissions in the United States in 2000 (n=198613) to estimate survival models for 9 quality ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips CD,Holan S,Sherman M,Williams ML,Hawes C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the impact of CVS Health's discontinuation of tobacco sales on cigarette purchasing. METHODS:We used households' purchasing data to assess rates at which households stopped cigarette purchasing for at least 6 months during September 2014 to August 2015 among 3 baseline groups: CVS-exclusive cigare...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Polinski JM,Howell B,Gagnon MA,Kymes SM,Brennan TA,Shrank WH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarasota, Fla, used Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles to guide revitalization efforts in its crime-ridden North Trail area. A team of city planners, police officers, and architects examined land use and crime data and sought input from local businesses, residents, and community leaders. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Carter SP,Carter SL,Dannenberg AL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We describe behavioral health diagnoses and community release patterns among adult male and female inmates in New Jersey prisons and assess their implications for correctional health care and community reentry. METHODS:We used clinical and classification data on a census of "special needs" inmates (those wi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Blitz CL,Wolff N,Pan KY,Pogorzelski W

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health is usually enacted through public policies, necessitating that the public engage in debates that, ideally, are grounded in solid scientific findings. Mistrust in science, however, has compromised the possibility of deriving sound policy from such debates, partially owing to justified concerns regarding u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Camargo K Jr,Grant R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00